Then an outpost of the Forever Yogurt fro-yo chain took the space. They put a sign in the window with a record on their logo, an image that EV Grieve called "some sort of macabre tribute."

When the fro-yo deal fell through, Bleecker Bob's posted on their Facebook page: "today we give a big FUCK YOU to the assholes at Forever Yogurt who closed down a 45 year old landmark record store to build a bullshit froyo shop and now pulled out of the lease!!!" The space went back on the market.

So now Bleecker Bob's will be a sushi bar. Better than a Starbucks? Better than a frozen-yogurt joint? At least sushi is a vintage 1980s symbol of yuppies and gentrification? Actually, Miyabi opened in 1976 under a different name.